After a lot of battle and chaos, passengers stranded in the UAE are finally headed back to their home country. The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) provided a special sticker in their passports as a token of love and respect.
As airlines begin services, the GDRFA dedicated a message of hope to passengers leaving the country. A sticker reading “Have a Safe Flight, We’ll Meet Soon” was stuck on all passports. The initiative is part of UAE’s efforts in supporting people who were stuck in the country amid the Covid chaos.
Major General Mohammad Al Marri, Director General of GDRFA-Dubai stated “The sticker will be last thing they see when they leave the country. They will always be more than welcome in the UAE. The orders issued by the UAE Cabinet in waiving their fines in these exceptional times is part of the UAE humanitarian policy and supporting people across the work in difficult times.”
Emirates passenger flights have currently been sanctioned to carry outbound travelers. The airline will fly passengers to London and Frankfurt until April 19. Starting today, April 12, the flights will be taking off from Terminal 3.
Effective April 12, @emirates will now be operating flights to select destinations from @DXB's Terminal 3. Please contact Emirates directly to seek additional flight information or book travel. https://t.co/B0OzVbE1ix pic.twitter.com/7erl3ntgG9
— Dubai International (@DXB) April 11, 2020
Emirates airlines suspended all inbound and outbound flights from from 11:59 pm on 24 March, in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19.
UPDATE: Following a new directive from @gcaauae, all passenger flights to and from the UAE – including inbound, outbound and transit – will now be suspended from 11:59pm on 24 Mar (tonight) for 2 weeks, subject to reassessment. For more information visit https://t.co/ppqwasKhLk pic.twitter.com/wXZ0KFR3gW
— Dubai International (@DXB) March 24, 2020
Meanwhile, Etihad has also started services from Abu Dhabi to Seoul, Singapore, Manila, Jakarta, Melbourne and Amsterdam. In addition, all passengers traveling via Emirates and Etihad will undergo thermal scanning at the terminal. Besides, passengers must carry their own facemarks, gloves and follow social distancing.